For my Homemade Mr. T Costume, I went to Goodwill and bought the army pants and shirt. I shaved into shape the full Mr. T mohawk and beard. I used black body color and added a bunch of gold chains, rings and earrings. I topped the costume off by talking like Mr. T all night!
It actually took me almost a month to have everything ready for this DIY Mr. T Halloween costume. The hair was all my real hair I grew it out and then shaved it for the costume the beard was also real. To actually apply the make up and get the costume ready to go out … Read more
Halloween is my most favorite holiday and I wanted to have a unique costume that didn’t cost a bundle and run the chance that someone else might be wearing it. I love Bjork and her music, so I decided to make her infamous swan dress. First I bought a pair of white tights and stuffed … Read more
For a friend’s Halloween Party my husband and I went as John and Lorena Bobbitt. This costume was a big hit, comfortable to wear, and won many categories for the costume contest! We won best couple, most original, funniest and scariest (because many men at the party were afraid of me and my big knife). … Read more
I began piecing together this homemade Britney Spears Halloween costume last year. I first began the long tedious process of gathering the appropriate vintage jewelry needed for this costume. I used 3 gold-tone vintage belts and added different matching vintage brooches and earrings and hot glued them to the belts. I then machine sewed the … Read more
I made this Carmen Miranda costume for my daughter several years ago. A friend of mine was doing an “It’s a Small World” float for our local parade. All of the children were to dress from a different country. After looking up costumes at our local library I decided on a Carmen Miranda look. I … Read more
My husband and I went to a costume party dressed in a Homemade Flavor Flav and Ms. New York Costume . For his costume, we borrowed a lime green suit and I made the cape out of neon green crushed velor fabric. I wrote Flava across the back of it in gold glitter. We bought … Read more
I absolutely love this homemade Katy Perry Halloween costume idea, I spent at least 5 hours creating it, all from scratch. I took the starting idea from Katy Perry’s video “California Girls” and spun from there, Each of the candies are made from foam, paper, fabric and glitter- all done by hand! I made the … Read more
I’m a fan of lmfao. So this year I decided to make a Homemade Redfoo LMFAO Costume. I first did some research on what he likes to wear. He seems like to wear semi 80’s type clothing with a little hip hop style to it. As a result, I got myself purple tight pants (women’s … Read more
For my son’s Michael Jackson’s costume I found an old leather jacket and some velvet pants at my local thrift store, jazzed up the jacket with some safety pins and glitter glue. I sewed some ribbon down the sides of the pants. I found the wig and glasses at Spirit Halloween Store and voila! Can’t … Read more
I got the idea for this homemade Michael Jackson “Off the Wall” Album cover costume when I was invited to a Michael Jackson-themed Halloween Party. I thought how cool it would be to make an album, or CD, cover come to life. I picked “Off The Wall” because I wanted to dress up with my … Read more
When thinking about a celeb who was famous for wearing specs in the run up to Halloween 2008, there was only really one topical contender; Alaska’s finest, Sarah Palin. So I made myself a Homemade Sarah Palin Costume. I bought a cheap red blazer from eBay and pinned it at the back to make it … Read more